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SPIGGOTY WOMEN AT THE WASHTUB IN PANAMA CITY |
MOUNTED FISH-SPEARMAN OF THE CHACO |
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| Negro, Spanish, and Cholo Indian blood predominates in these women numbered from left to right, the bold-fronted creature in the centre showing many characteristics of the women of Spain, though darker-skinned than them. From the Panamanians' habit of replying "No spiggoty Inglis" when addressed in the early days, "Spiggoty" has become a slang term for the natives of Panama | Large tracts of El Gran Chaco are swamp. In summer much of the surface water subsides, and the fish take to the mud beneath. This Lengua Indian is going prodding with his long spear |